Updates
Insights From The Solar E-Waste Challenge Halfway Point
Sep 28, 2020
This piece gives insights into the inaugural Solar E-Waste Challenge projects and demonstrates the urgent need for sustainable and scalable solutions.
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The Global LEAP Awards COVID-19 Update
Apr 23, 2020
To mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the off-grid solar sector, the Global LEAP Awards team has been working closely with stakeholders to support companies participating in our competitions and results-based financing programs.
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USAID Announces the Winners of the second Global LEAP Awards Solar E-Waste Challenge
Feb 23, 2020
The second Global LEAP Awards Solar E-Waste Challenge selected four winning companies to implement innovative projects in off-grid battery technologies in five countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
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UK aid-funded Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge winners announced
Nov 18, 2019
Three organizations are awarded £135K for their cold storage innovations
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2019 Global LEAP Awards Winners and Finalists
Oct 15, 2019
Efficiency for Access Announces Results of the 2019 Global LEAP Awards for Solar Water Pumps and Off-Grid Refrigerators
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A Message from the Coalition - September 2019
Sep 26, 2019
Our co-chairs, Steven Hunt, Senior Energy Innovation Advisor at the UK Department for International Development, and David Stonehill, Beyond the Grid Lead at Power Africa, discuss Efficiency for Access updates and accomplishments from the past year.
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Getting to know off- and weak-grid consumers: The unforeseen impacts of energy efficient off-grid appliances
Feb 11, 2019
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2019 Global LEAP Awards
Nov 08, 2018
Global LEAP Launches Competitions for Solar Water Pumps and Off-Grid Refrigerators
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Efficiency for Access Unveils New Website
Sep 10, 2018
A message from Katrina Pielli – Senior Energy Advisor at USAID’s Power Africa and co-Chair of the Efficiency for Access Coalition donor roundtable
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Efficiency for Access June Newsletter
Jun 28, 2018
June focused on all things refrigeration – which included a first-of-its-kind market baseline testing report, a market development roundtable in Amsterdam, and the launch of two new refrigerators designed specifically for off- and weak-grid use.
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